#bc8a88

Color #bc8a88

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 2.99 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bc8a88

RGB

rgb(188, 138, 136)

HSL

hsl(2.3, 28%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.3, 27.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 27.7%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(62.21, 18.77, 8.58)

LCH

lch(62.21, 20.64, 24.57)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.0616, 21.44)

HWB

hwb(2.3, 53.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88babc

Analogous

#bc88a0

#bc8a88

#bca488

Triadic

#bc8a88

#88bc8a

#8a88bc

Split-complementary

#bc8a88

#88bca4

#88a0bc

Tetradic

#bc8a88

#babc88

#88babc

#8a88bc

Square

#bc8a88

#a0bc88

#88babc

#a488bc

Shades

Color #bc8a88 mixed toward black.

#a96865

#8a504e

#683c3a

#452827

#231413

Tints

Color #bc8a88 mixed toward white.

#c79d9c

#d2b1b0

#ddc4c3

#e9d8d7

#f4ebeb

Tones

Color #bc8a88 mixed toward gray.

#b88e8c

#b39291

#af9695

#ab9a99

#a69e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a888 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#abaf89 · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#ba8989 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc8a88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc8a88]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#bc8a88 (#bc8a88) is rgb(188, 138, 136) in RGB.

No, #bc8a88 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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